Beatriz Flores Silva
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November 7, 1956
Beatriz Flores Silva | |
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.jpg) Photo of film crew working in Masangeles, 2013 | |
| Born | Beatriz Flores Silva November 7, 1956 |
| Occupations | Film director, film producer, screenwriter, television director |
| Notable work | In This Tricky Life |
Beatriz Flores Silva (born November 7, 1956) is an Uruguayan-Belgian film director, film producer, screenwriter and teacher. Her films include The Seven Deadly Sins (1990), The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger (1992), In This Tricky Life (2001), and Masangeles (2008).[1]
Flores Silva is daughter of politician and intellectual Manuel Flores Mora.
After directing two short films she participated in the collective feature film The Seven Deadly Sins (Les sept péchés capitaux) as co-director, screenwriter and producer. In 1992 she directed the film The Almost True Story of Pepita the Gunslinger (original Spanish title: La historia casi verdadera de Pepita la Pistolera), which set a standard in Uruguayan cinema and won several awards.
Between 1998 and 2001 she wrote and directed In This Tricky Life (original Spanish title: En la puta vida,[2] a Uruguayan/Belgian/Spanish/Cuban co-production. The movie premiered in 2001 and became the biggest box office success in the history of Uruguayan cinema. It also won several international awards.
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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| 1990 | The Seven Deadly Sins | co-director/co-writer | |
| 1992 | La historia casi verdadera de Pepita la Pistolera | Director/Writer/Producer | |
| 2001 | In This Tricky Life | Director/Writer/Producer | |
| 2008 | Masangeles | Director/Writer/Producer | |
